All this fuel talk when IRL you can't drive anywhere if fuel in the tank is older than several weeks.
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Even right now. Look at how people have to wait in huge lines to get some gas every time there is a natural disaster, or extreme weather. After a few days, or even hours, it's mostly gone.
That's why I always have 120 litres of diesel stored at home in jerrycans plus what ever is left in the tank. If the shit ever hits the fan and I need to get away quick then the gas station is among the last places I want to go fist fighting to.
I rigged up fuel lines so my small diesel generator can run off the heating oil tank. I have about 100 days of nonstop power. If shit looked really bad though, I'd be rationing that fuel on a 50/50 duty cycle or so to keep the fridge chilling while I use power for other things.
Keyless start using too much an issue. You can start card with dead key transponders. This new phenomenon of subscription will be an issue though.
Imagine dragging a Stellantis vehicle and using the satnav. You stop at an intersection to get your bearings and the screen same you to extend your warranty.
It still amazes me the number of people who think if the battery in their key dies they cannot get into or start their car. It will probably get to be that way some day because people don't demand more from automakers. But right now these fobs include physical keys for the door. Read the manual how to get to the key and lock before you're locked out of the vehicle.
You can also put the dead key by the start button or some other designated place in the car to start it with RFID.
These are the kinds of things you want to have figured out in the first few days of car ownership. See also how to open your Tesla from the inside when the battery is dead. That's a life or death situation in some circumstances.
Mustang Mach E dead 12 volt battery.
To get into the car, you need to remove a small cover on the bumper. That exposes terminals you can connect a battery to which pops the hood. From there, you can open the hood and remove the terminal cover/trim over the 12v battery. Jump/charge that battery and now you can pop the door open and start the car.
Not the best design decisions. Compounded by Ford stopping the traction battery from passively charging the 12v system if the main battery falls below 50%. A software patch allows the 12v system to charge when the car is off down to 25% SoC on the traction battery.
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This was a thrill ride to read high wow
well-written, too. this would make a great short film.
edit - i just remembered my favourite quote from Spaceballs: "Fuck! Even in the future nothing works!"
Aside from the battery in the keyfob, what about the car's battery? If left connected most cars would drain theirs within a month or two. Also, if left discharging/ed like that for too long, the cells can start to sulphate, leading to a bad/non-working cell.
They did a good job covering that in The Last of Us (season one, episode...4 or 5?): 20ish years post-apocalypse, someone very prepared has kept battery cells in a refrigerator (in acid maybe?) and they have to rebuild the battery before they can use the car, but the battery works.
Literally just rewatched this episode (S1e3) a couple hours ago. Yeah, Bill is a survivalist and has the truck's battery disassembled and stored in a fridge in the garage. Reading some comments online, this was likely to reduce lead oxidation, the plastic degrading, and keep the sulphuric acid powder dry.
Unrelated, this episode gets me good every time 🥲
I think in 50 years we hopefully have figured out solid state graphene film batteries.
What if there's like a dark cloud allover the earth, how many human body should I plug into my car so I could get toilet paper in the nearest Walmart?